On 25 May 2025, an unidentified man physically attacked a camera operator working for Espreso TV in the village of Markhalivka near Kyiv, as reported by the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine (NUJU). The camera operator, whose name was not revealed, reportedly climbed on top of a concrete fence in order to film an area recently hit by a Russian missile. He was then approached by an unidentified man who reportedly pushed him off the wall. The camera operator fell, damaging the camera that he was using in the process. It was not reported whether the operator was injured. Journalists from other outlets present at the scene reportedly detained the attacker and called the police. It was unclear whether the man was prosecuted.